Horse-collar.



PATENTED SEPT. 27, 1904.

W. B. ESTES.

HORSE COLLAR.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 8, 1904.

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W. B. ESTES. HORSE COLLAR. IAPPLIUATVION FILED JUNE 8, 1904.

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UNITED STATES Patented September 27, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM B. ESTES, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO T. H. SAPPINGTON, OF ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

HORSE-COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 771,203, dated September 27, 1904.

Application filed June 8, 1904.

To all, w/wm it may concern:

-Be it known that I. WILLIAM B. ESTES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Atlanta, in the county of Fulton and State of Georgia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Horse-Collars,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in horse-collars manufactured primarily from fabric or the like material. Heretofore in the manufacture of horse-collars from this material considerable difficulty and incidental expense have been incurred during-the proper handling and forming of the rim at its lower end. It has been the custom to construct and then shape the rim from a single piece of material, and when the corners were turned in to form the rolling portion angular overlapping ridges or buckles were necessarily produced. These ridges have been a constant menace, so much so that special and skilled labor are employed to sew or fasten them down in attempting to produce an even and smooth surface. Even with this care the construction produced presents decided disadvantages, paramount of which, aside from the inevitable roughness, is that the hames soon pull the rim inward toward the center of the collar and in a short time no purchase or means is left for the hames to hold to. According to my invention I have sought to overcome these obstacles and have therefore devised a neat, strong, and durable collar by forming the body of the rim-casing of a single piece of material of suitable shape and inserting what I shall term a shaping-piece at the lower portion of the body-piece. The result of this peculiar arrangement of parts enables me to produce at the curve of the rim a perfectly rounded and smooth surface, and by the particular line of out between the pieces a rim is produced which will maintain its shape and at the same time provide a strong and durable purchase for the hames.

Many other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to, and be particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front eleva- Serial No- 2l1,6'72. (No model.)

tion of a horse-collar constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a detail transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the rim of the collar detached. Fig. Aisa plan view of the body of the rim-casing. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the shaping-piece of the rim-casing. Fig. 6 is a detail view of the rim-casing looking from the inside.

The same numerals refer to like parts in all the figures.

1 represents the body of the collar, which is preferably made of fabric and in any well- -known and appropriate way. The edges 2 of the fabric are stitched together and project out from the body 1 to form a support for the rim 3. The rim 3 is made of fabric and comprises a main portion 4:, whose two edges 5 and 6 for thegreater portion of the length are parallel, and at the bottom the edge 5 curves inwardly, as at 7, while the companion portion 8 of the edge is cut at an angle and then nearly parallel, as at 9. shaping-piece 10 is stitched at the edge 8 9, and it is so shaped at its outer edge as to fit the outline of the said edge 8 9, while its opposite edge 11 is in alinement with the edge 6 and is parallel with the edge 7. When the two pieces forming each half of the rim-casing are stitched together as described, they form one leg of the rim for the collar, and it only remains to turn the two edges 6 11 and 5 7 toward each other and sew them to the projecting edges 2 of the body 1 and insert the stuffing.

By constructing the legs of the rim of'two pieces as herein described it will be noted by reference to Fig. 6 that the exact outline of the collar is produced, so that when the rim is stuffed and fastened to the body 1 the two members have exactly the same contour, and when they are finished a smooth and uniform surface is produced where the material curves to form the lower rounded part of the rim. The shaping of the parts also produces a rigid construction and will withstand a greater resistance of the hames, inasmuch as the clasticity of the shaping-piece tends to throw it outwardly and resists the pressure of the the wrinkles in the material when the rim is formed of one piece. Then, again, the leather shaping-piece affords a wearing-surface against which the metal wears.

My invention is extremely simple in construction, and its merits and particular advantages will be fully appreciated by those skilled in the art to which it appertains.

What I claim as new is 1. A horse-collar comprising a body portion, and a flexible rim secured thereto, the cover of the rim being formed with interposed sections where it forms a bend to conform to the shape of the neck of an animal, substantially as described.

2. A horse-collar, comprising a body portion, a flexible rim secured thereto which is curved at its lower end, the rim being formed of a main portion whose edges are parallel, except where the rim is curved, and a shaping-piece stitched to the body portion where the rim curves to produce a smooth and even surface at the curve, substantially as described.

3. As an article of manufacture, a flexible sectional rim for a horse-collar, comprising a main portion which is cut at its lower end at an angle to its upper part, and a shaping portion having one edge corresponding to the angular edge of the main portion and stitched thereto, substantiaily as described.

4. A horse-collar comprising a body,a flexible rim made of two legs and fastened to the body, each leg of the rim being formed of a main portion of approximately a straight piece of material whose lower inner edge is curved and the edge opposite thereto is cut at an angle, and a shaping-piece whose inner edge corresponds to the angular edge of the main portion while the outer edge is approximately parallel with the lower curved inner edge of said main portion, the angular edges of the two pieces of material being stitched together to form a smooth and even surface at the curve of the rim when the rim is stuffed, substantially as described.

5. A horse-collar comprising a body portion of fabric, a rim partially formed of fabric and secured thereto, said rim comprising a main portion of fabric Which'has its lower edge curved and the edge opposite thereto cut at an angle, and a leather shaping-piece, whose inner edge conforms to the angular edge of the main portion While its outer edge is parallel with the curved edge of the main portion, substantially as described.

Signed at Washington, District of Columbia, this 21th day of May, 1904:.

WILLIAM B. ESTES.

in presence of' J NO. IMIRIE, DENIZA MATTHEWS. 

